National launch of book of charlie by david van der elie the book of charlie has. Yes. The book of charlie is a very special book about special man and was written by a special man. And i know and i tell you why. David von drehle was drawn to charlie because he is a younger charlie white, and i hope he lives to. Be 109. I found it readable 48 years ago and over time i have found a few books that represent i call high water marks and our love of reading and the book of charlie is such a book. It is a book for everyone. And i hope that everyone reads it. I agree with tom hanks, who gave this wonderful quote. I got to recommend this book filled with history wisdom, common sense, and laughs galore. I wish. I had lived across the street from charlie and. I make it to 109 so is on really formerly an editor at large for Time Magazine and now the deputy Opinions Editor at the washington post. Now hes going to be conversation with tonight tyler, not berg, who is the chairman and chief optimist
Yesterday to reauthorize federal aviation programs and would enact safety protections for passengers the Senate Passed a shortterm extension to prevent the current bill from lapsing later today and the house will take up the full legislation the house is expected to vote on it next week. We are learning more about the probe by the s. E. C. Into boeing reviewing statements over the Safety Practices after a panel blew off the alaska air flight back in january. We talked a lot about it investigators focused on the comments made by the Company Executives may have misled investors in violation of s. E. C. Rules. We will hear headlines about this for some time. In fed speak, San Francisco fed president mary daly said Interest Rates are currently restraining the economy, but it may take more time to return inflation to the Central Banks goals. It sounds like higher for longer pitch. It echos remarks from the fed chair jay powell last month where daly said the uptick in price data shows you ca
Least 20 percent of the population has been displaced within the country borders. Another 1500000 people are refugees in neighboring countries, making this, the largest displacement crisis in the world. For a 1000000 of those displaced our children, the most in any country among them are. But what about the concern was they were forced to leave her to during the 1st days of the conflict. Her eldest son had to drop out of school as a result. He keeps talking about his friends who live in the same neighborhood. We used to live in n y the got the chance to finish their school year before the war started. But he didnt. They wrote out a cartoon was tough and we didnt have food. The children kept crying and he kept asking when hes going to finish the school year. The usda Refugee Agency says the needs of the displaced are huge, but this within response to the International Appeal for help, clear up the thing with a very limited girlfriend on she, on the sources. We continue to provide for fi
Higher by 0. 3 or greater. Look at the nasdaq. It has been a little more beatendown but today up more than 0. 5 . The best day from the nasdaq since november 30. Perhaps investors are feeling a little more certain around tax reform, d. C. Drama and more. One stock that is helping the indexes today we will be getting to in a moment. This seems to be a continuation of the trump trade. Here is this stock, General Electric is up nearly 0. 9 . This is after the Industrial Company announced they are cutting 12,000 jobs within their power unit. That is the biggest unit within their business, about 30 of the business. It is also the most troubled unit. The fact that they are flushing out the plan they gave back on november 13 to cut 1 billion in cost by cutting these jobs, investors seem to be cheering it to some degree thinking it is a solid first step in the turnaround plan. Shares on the year down more for theiron peak worst year since 2008. The industrial sector is the top on the day. Ge,
Starts as early as 5 00 a. M. Saturday. And with the extreme cold goes through 8 00 a. M. On tuesday. Another long lasting thing here, the snow not amounting to a whole lot, a coating of two inches. But slippery on untreated surfaces because the roads are so cold and dangerous. Subzero wind chills as we head toward new years eve and new years day. Timings just not very good. Nothing on the radar close by. We do have a significant area of snow coming through the midwest, hitting the chicago area right now. Its a fast moving clipper system. It has limited potential, but there it is covering much of the area, even by 5 00 a. M. Some of the western suburbs. By 8 00 a. M. , covering most of us and lasting for several hours through the midday hours, possibly even into early afternoon in some spots. Not accumulating a whole lot, but were talking about slippery conditions. A coating to two inches. Its the fluffy kind of snow that would be blowing around in the wind. After that, it gets brutall